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IC.782.047
12 Dec 1782:13 (15/285)
From the New-Jersey Gazette. . . [3 column article on
present state of local affairs, taxation:]
Rivington, their oracle, tells them and others, in his
papers, that they have it in their own power to rid
themselves of the tyranny and oppression of Congress at any
time; they have nothing to do but to withhold their purse
strings, and they instantly fall into nought. They are
taught this tune from New-York, and they hum it all round
the country. Some, who affect to be Whigs and who ought to
know better, but want their interest upon some occasions
sing it too. And some who love their money very much, and
do not know the absolute necessity of parting with it on
this occasion, like to hear it, perhaps join in chorus, and
croak away as loud as the rest, without adverting to what
company they are in.
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